Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Walking Speed Control System And Program' Filed by Softbank Group Corp.

MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517045566 A) filed by Softbank Group Corp., Tokyo, on May 12, for 'walking speed control system and program.'

Inventor(s) include Son Masayoshi.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In the present invention humanoid robots automatically measure the average walking speed of human workers by using a group of sensors. The humanoid robots are moved at a speed equivalent to the measured walking speed. The movement speeds in the entire work environment can be synchronized (first stage synchronization). Speakers play a rhythm that can be he...